https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 07 May 2026 05:07:53 +0000 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 21:50:37 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8862 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8862&PID=48581&title=earliest-a-side-a-side-promo#48581 Author: TomDiehl1
Subject: 8862
Posted: 13 November 2017 at 9:50pm

My promo copy of I Love You The Way You
Are by Bobby Vinton on Diamond records
from 1962 is the earliest one I can
currently think of. ]]> Mon, 13 Nov 2017 21:50:37 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8862&PID=48581&title=earliest-a-side-a-side-promo#48581 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8862&PID=48559&title=earliest-a-side-a-side-promo#48559 Author: Hykker
Subject: 8862
Posted: 12 November 2017 at 6:23pm

Columbia and Epic released at least some double-A singles
at least as early as mid 1965, usually they were on
colored vinyl, they also issued white-label versions of
the same single on styrene. The earliest one I have is
Robert Goulet's "Summer Sounds" from June of that year.

I also have a single "My Coloring Book" by Sandy Stewart
on Colpix from 1963...it has a long version on one side,
short version on the other. Not sure if that counts.

Motown was an early adopter of double-A promo
singles...by late '66 most of their singles were released
that way.
]]> Sun, 12 Nov 2017 18:23:20 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8862&PID=48559&title=earliest-a-side-a-side-promo#48559 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8862&PID=48550&title=earliest-a-side-a-side-promo#48550 Author: eric_a
Subject: 8862
Posted: 11 November 2017 at 11:11pm

I was surprised to find last night that the promo copy
of Lovin' Spoonful's "Daydream" (Kama Sutra
208), from 1966, has the song pressed on both sides.

This became common practice in the '70s, of course
(often
with mono/stereo sides), but I wasn't aware of any in
the
'60s that didn't include the stock b-side.

Could this be the earliest example of a self-paired
promo?

Edited by eric_a]]> Sat, 11 Nov 2017 23:11:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8862&PID=48550&title=earliest-a-side-a-side-promo#48550